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General

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The Charadriidae are divided in Thai into two groups, lapwings and plovers, and each is independently named.

Lapwings: Lapwings are named after various distinctive calls, primarily those of the common Vanellus indicus, and several of these names are quite old (see 'Other Names' column). Most modern ornithological sources use นกกระแตnók krà-taee as a lapwing general name, where แตtaee is a rendition of the call and กระ-krà- is an old wildlife prefix. Species names for Vanellus indicus include other variants of this same call.

The family name for the H&M3 Charadriidae is วงศ์นกกระแตและนกหัวโตwoŋ nók krà-taee láe nók hŭa-too'lapwing and plover family' in most sources where that taxon is preserved. More recently in (22, 23) the three subfamilies are each given full family status:

Check-list of Thai Birds Round, Philip D., Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, Bangkok 2008. Draft version downloaded from the site of the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand in 2009 but no longer posted there, an expanded update of the species included in Lekagul & Round 1991